ragginovel Chapter 171 Xu Fuyi
Chapter 171 Xu Fuyi
"It was either at the peak of the second tier, or it was just about to break through to the third tier when this Xu Fuyi suddenly died."
Li Jieqing looked at the spring that had been soaked into a black mud pool and felt a pang of regret.
After being in seclusion in the Black Mountain for so long, this spring should belong to him.
All that pure, pure spiritual energy has been wasted! What a terrible thing!
Li Jieqing felt a pang of heartache and carefully scanned his surroundings with his divine sense, but did not approach the black mud pool itself.
Upon arriving here, the range of his divine sense perception had been suppressed to twenty zhang.
But that's all there is to it.
After removing the concealment talisman, Li Jieqing took out an array plate from the Thick Earth Bearing Treasure Pearl above his head, preparing to make his move.
It's one thing if the living Xu Fuyi is present, but since this is a dead creature, there's no need to be afraid no matter how fierce it acts.
The array plate in Li Jieqing's hand belonged to Master Baocheng. Although it had no offensive capabilities, it was specifically used to collect earth energy, evil energy, and other turbid energies to aid in cultivation.
At the same time, this array plate is considered to be the highest quality item in Li Jieqing's possession, even surpassing the quasi-second-tier Forest Sea Life Array. Once set up, it can open up the array eye space, just like the array set up by the Seven True Ones to annihilate the Hidden Dragon Lice swarm back then.
Based on this alone, this array plate can be considered to be of the second tier.
Li Jieqing threw in a high-grade spirit stone to activate the array plate, then tossed it onto the top of the deep cave.
"go!"
The paper figures from all four directions were mobilized, quickly setting up the nodes for the formation.
With the array plate, you only need to follow the steps on the array plate to activate the large array, which is very convenient.
……
The paper figures began to busy themselves, and the lurking, winged phantom above the black mud pool, after watching for a while, suddenly moved on its own. Even though the paper figures did not touch the black mud pool, it still caused that ominous aura to sweep over the surrounding paper figures.
click-
The paper figure that was setting up the array nodes was hit by this ominous aura, and just like the previous one, the layers of blood-red paper on its body peeled off, and the blood bamboo skeleton collapsed.
"The lingering demonic energy, the lingering blood energy, the corpse energy born from a body that has died but still exists in the world, the earth energy connected through the spiritual spring... and even several other chaotic evil energies?"
Li Jieqing watched the paper figures' fate again and launched into another round of commentary.
The source of this ominous and inauspicious aura is becoming increasingly clear: it is because this monstrous beast was too powerful in life, and after its death, various auras mixed together and connected with the earth's energy, transforming into this black mud pool, from which this filthy aura was reborn.
The mountain outside may not have been black before, but it became so dark because of the influence of the aura that dissipated from the outside.
Even the distant mountains above were like this, so when the paper figure that came into contact with this ominous aura came into contact with it, its body was immediately defiled, and Li Jieqing's paper-folding technique was broken.
"What a strange thing. Who knows what might crawl out of this lifeless swamp if you stay here too long?"
"The world is truly wondrous," Li Jieqing couldn't help but exclaim.
At the same time, a paper figure took advantage of the moment when the phantom of the winged creature was distracted and dragged the humanoid skeleton out of the black mud pool.
When it reached Li Jieqing, the paper figure's hand could not hold on and was corroded and fell off, and the entire paper figure became still again.
The humanoid skeleton fell to the ground, its skeleton intact, though its body was covered in a layer of black mud that it couldn't shake off.
Although another paper figure was lost, Li Jieqing still managed to take it out.
Judging from the appearance of these skeletons, it is clear that they had been in the black mud for a long time.
Looking inside the skeleton, it was also stained black, indicating that this person actually died along with the winged demon beast.
Humans and demons fought, and both perished.
Li Jieqing mentally recreated a scene that had occurred in this deep cave countless years ago.
Nearby, the phantom of the winged creature finally noticed the situation in the black mud pool. It immediately abandoned its attack on the other paper figures and let out a howl as it prepared to snatch the humanoid skeleton.
This situation further convinced Li Jieqing that the original Xu Fuyi must have died cleanly, leaving no trace of his spirit or demonic soul to hide and prepare to ambush people.
The phantom now is something that was born from this strange black mud pool. It is not very intelligent and only cares about seeing the black mud pool as itself.
It's like a wild beast guarding its territory and driving away foreign enemies.
An ominous aura swept over them. Li Jieqing tested the aura's corrupting power through the paper figure. He was not about to take it head-on. The Thick Earth Bearing Treasure Pearl was hard-won, and if it were damaged, there would be no way to repair it.
Li Jieqing immediately retreated and entered the dug tunnel.
The ominous aura relentlessly pursued them.
The next moment, a gust of wind blew out from the passage, carrying the aura back into the deep cave!
"The dirty tricks are good, but they don't know how to use them."
Li Jieqing reappeared, three top-grade Xunfeng talismans held between his right fingers. He waved them like fans, summoning a southeast wind in the deep underground cave, blowing the ominous aura back to the black mud pit.
At the same time, the paper figures around them began to set up the magic array nodes at a faster pace, preparing to trap the black mud pool.
The phantom of the crouching wing was blown about by the Xunfeng talisman, causing it to flicker and unable to break through. After struggling left and right for a while, it raised its head and looked up at the top of the deep cave.
The array plate being set up is placed right there!
"Invisible Heavenly Sword, Slash!"
Li Jieqing swung his Taiping sword and slashed at the phantom of the Xu Fuyi that was about to fly upwards.
Boundless sword energy was summoned, directly shattering the phantom of the winged creature.
At the same time, the array plate on the top of the deep cave flickered for a moment and then disappeared into the void.
The paper figures that had been arranged around the magic array nodes retreated, and a curtain of light fell from the top of the deep cave, covering the underground cave like an inverted bowl.
The formation has been successfully set up.
It is essentially an array plate. Although it lacks flexibility because it is not set up by an array master, the speed of setting up the array is correspondingly very convenient.
Within the light screen, the illusory image of Xu Fuyi, which had just been scattered, reappeared. It looked again at the array plate that had disappeared above its head, then at the direction of Li Jieqing, and finally let out an angry howl, flapping its four wings. Bubbles rose from the black mud pool, and more ominous energy emerged from it.
This time, it was a solid, pitch-black mist that crashed into the light screen, only to be blocked by it, and eventually accumulated more and more within it.
The paper figures that had been stained and peeled off were now gradually melting and turning into black mud, flowing into the black mud pool and becoming part of it.
When Li Jieqing finished setting up the formation, he controlled the paper figure to pull the humanoid skeleton towards the outside of the light screen.
Along the way, the black mud on the surface of the humanoid skeleton seemed to wriggle consciously, and in a short distance, it destroyed three more paper figures that took over.
When the fourth paper figure took over the skeleton and ran out of the light screen, the black mud on the skeleton's body completely peeled off, and it lay on the light screen, splattering mud.
The black fog grew thicker and thicker.
The black mud that peeled off the humanoid skeleton flowed back to the ground, enveloping the filthy remains of the paper figure along the way, and slowly flowed into the black mud pool, where it became one with the human skeleton.
Li Jieqing stood at the entrance of the excavated passage, glancing at the humanoid skeleton that had peeled away from the black mud. It was still completely black. Looking into the light screen of the magic array, the black mist inside was increasing, eventually forming a black sphere that made it impossible to see anything inside.
Li Jieqing didn't want to use his divine sense to see this kind of thing; who knew if it would corrupt his divine sense?
The paper figure tossed aside the now-unremarkable humanoid skeleton, and Li Jieqing stepped forward, placing his hand on the light screen to summon the array plate.
The array plate was square and pure white, and it trembled slightly when held in my hand.
Li Jieqing probed with his magical power, and with a sweep of his hand across the center of the array plate, an image from within the array was emitted.
Within the pitch-black mist, the phantom of the lurking wing was flapping its four wings, crashing against the light screen again and again. Each impact would cause it to disintegrate into a cloud of black mist, only to reappear within that mist and continue crashing.
The array plate trembled precisely because of its attempt to break free.
Suddenly, the phantom of the crouching wing stopped moving, raised its head and looked up at the sky, its crimson eyes seemingly in thought!
The image on the array plate in Li Jieqing's hand stared straight at him.
"I underestimated you; it turns out you have some intelligence."
Li Jieqing raised his hand and placed another high-grade spirit stone on the array plate to supply the array. After pondering for a moment, he took out the spirit weapon sword of the Treasure City True Man and stood the sword tip upright on the array plate.
This is to use a magical artifact to fill the core of the array.
Advanced formations have their own central space, where the energy flows through the entire formation. This central space is the main eye of the formation. Placing a suitable treasure in the main eye will integrate it into the formation, adding power and protecting the eye. If an outsider wants to break the formation by force, they must first destroy the treasure that is suppressing the formation.
This array plate and the magical sword originally belonged to Master Baocheng, so they are quite suitable to be used together.
Moreover, the attributes of Master Baocheng's magical sword almost completely bound his supernatural powers, specifically enhancing the power of the Ruyi Sect's Ten Thousand Earths Returning to Flow Sword Technique. It was not convenient for Li Jieqing to use, so at this moment he was willing to take it out directly to fill the array eye.
As the magic sword returned to its place, it pointed directly at the array plate, and a suppressive force similar to the Ten Thousand Earths Returning to Flow Sword Technique merged into the array.
The originally angry phantom of Xu Fuyi grew heavier and heavier, and had no choice but to lower its head. Its body was pressed to the ground, and finally it turned into a puff of black mist and disappeared.
The black mist in the light screen also dissipated considerably.
Although the phantom of the winged creature was suppressed, it did not completely disappear, and angry howls could still be heard from time to time within the light screen.
But it's no longer capable of causing any significant trouble.
"I initially thought it was some strange thing born from a black swamp, but it seems to still retain the consciousness of its former self, the Crouching Wing?"
Li Jieqing felt lingering fear after just one glance at the illusory shadowy figure in the game.
It's definitely at least a peak second-tier demon.
It's definitely at least a peak second-tier demon.
The cycle of life and death is a natural law; life returns to death, and death is followed by life.
Even a mortal corpse that doesn't decay can be reborn as a zombie. It's not surprising that if a demon beast's body falls into a spiritual spring, something will be reborn within its dead body over time.
The only problem was that the monster's corpse was completely dead, turned into a puddle of mud. So, like the snake-like poisonous creatures of the past, without a physical body, a collective consciousness was born first.
Li Jieqing had assumed that was the case.
Unexpectedly, the newly born consciousness in this black mud pool had already developed some intelligence.
This can only be attributed to the fact that the monsters that died here back then were too powerful, and their remaining consciousness has not yet completely disappeared.